Although that particular group of potholes has been filled in, much of the road has large craters and a complete repair will not be carried out until October, at the earliest.

Pauline Searle, county councillor for Guildford North, had pushed to have the entire road included on the council’s £100 million Operation Horizon and it was initially scheduled for the first half of this year.

She has since been told by highways officers that the road has completely failed.

“My understanding was that it would be done in spring so it would be one of the first ones,” she said.

“I chased and they said they had no date and I chased again and they said it was a major job because the road has completely failed and it would take six months.

“That was, word for word, what they told me. I was told it would have to go on the major road repairs list.”

Councillor Searle was also told that the single road would now cost £200,000 to fix.

“It just gets frustrating when you let residents know that it is going to be done in the spring – and you have had to chase for the information – and you find it is not going to be done then and you have to tell residents.,” she said. “You like to keep residents informed and you repeat what you are told by officers – it’s very frustrating.”

A spokesman for Surrey County Council was unable to provide an estimate for the cost of the repairs and claimed the concrete base of the road is believed to be sound.

“This will need a standard concrete treatment to seal the joints, before adding a resurfacing layer over the concrete,” he said. “This work is currently scheduled for October.”

Anyone concerned about particular potholes can notify Surrey County Council. And Cllr Searle said North Guildford residents should notify her as well, so that she can chase officers up.

Tony Webber was cycling near Stoke Cemetery last month when he came off his bike, suffering a broken and split nose, a fractured eye socket and cuts which needed stitches.

His teeth punctured his lips and the tarmac shredded the skin on his arms and legs.

He said: “I wrote to the council saying I would be making a claim and lodged it the day I got out of hospital.

“I haven’t had a response regarding the claim.

“Luckily for me, I only missed one day of work because it was just before the Easter holidays, but obviously my bike was damaged.

“As pathetic as it seems, I don’t want to ride a bike at the moment. I used to enjoy a little bike ride but I don’t want to do it now.”

He said he was pleased to see the potholes filled in quickly after his injury but said the time and effort spent patching up holes could be used to do permanent repairs on entire roads.